2 Daim Bars
I thought I would use this cake to test out my new tin. A Tefal AirBake cake tin. We used some of the range on The Great British Bake Off and because I’m a swine for buying tins, in all shapes and sizes I wanted to put it to the test at home.

You will need two 8″ or 9″ tins. I am comparing the Tefal AirBake to a trusty tin I already have.

The AirBake range comes in all sorts of sizes and they do handy loaf tins, tart pans and baking sheets too. Their main selling point is that they ensure no burning and even baking….well lets see, back to the cake in hand.

Grease both the cake tins (I have to admit here to cheating with my old tin, I lined the base too knowing that I wouldn’t get the cake out of the tin whole if I didn’t! The Tefal wasn’t going to get the same failsafe treatment!

Cream together the butter and dark sugar.

When thoroughly creamed add in half the tin of caramel and mix again.

Beat the eggs together and mix slowly into the butter/sugar/caramel mix adding a spoonful of flour at any sign of curdling.

Add in the remaining flour and mix together. Split the cake mix between the two tins.

Level the top of the mixture and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes at 160c Fan/180c/Gas Mark 4 until golden brown and cooked through.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes. Now is the moment of truth – the AirBake cake has baked beautifully but will it release from the tin?

First signs are promising….

Ta Da! Straight out of the tin and only a tiny tiny bit came away with the tin. Okay then, I’m impressed!

Allow both cakes to cool completely and then make the filling. Mix together the softened butter and icing sugar, when fully combined add in one spoonful of caramel from the remainder in the tin. Spread all over the top of one of the cakes. On top of the butter cream add another couple of spoonfuls of caramel and spread it out nicely.

Place the second cake on top and now mix up the icing – icing sugar, water and the remaining caramel in the tin.

Place the two Daim bars in a sandwich bag and bash them up until they’re lots of little bits.

Pour the icing over the top of the cake and top with the crushed Daim pieces.

Caramel Cake with Crushed Daim Bars

I would thoroughly recommend the Tefal AirBake range – I am off to buy some more (shhhh! don’t tell my OH!).

55 Responses to Caramel Cake

I too love buying cake tins, but have to stop myself because I already have a cupboard full, some of which are quite old. I also, always, cover the sides and the bottom of all tins when baking, because,I know they will never come out in one piece if I didn't.Perhaps it's time I bought some new ones.The Cake looks delicious.

Oo I'm always wary of new tins and was secretly hoping your old tin would come up trumps all the way through this post. I have really old tins and use the old method gease and flour and absolutely nothing sticks to them (touching wood now I've said that).

Daim bars and cake? I would have to demolish the whole thing if I made it! Looks delish Ruth.

just found your blog after finally seeing the end of gbbo. so glad you made it to the end as you were my favourite from the start! i will be stealing this recipe to make for my OH's birthday tomorrow! can't wait! x

Well I finally got around to making this at the weekend … oh my goodness it has to be the best cake I ever made! Thank you for the recipe. (And then today I went to Slimming World for weigh-in – oops.)

Made this today and I'm hooked, what a fab cake. Made it in my tins which were smaller than your so ended up with a deeper cake. Still have filling and icing left over so I'm going to make a batch of cupcakes with it tomorro! Take a look at my photo of it.http://tulipskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/11/caramel-cake.html

I made this last weekend, absolutely delicious! So sweet, my favourite. I have one slice left to savour this evening.

But i was surprised at how huge the mixture was, and it wouldn't fit into my usual 9" circular tins, so it managed to make about 11 fairy cakes too with a lovely butter cream filling! Will use again, was brilliant

Been meaning to make this since September but something eles always got in the way (i.e dime bars had already been eaten before I could preheat the oven). Finally made it this afternoon to make up for a disappointing pub lunch, it was heaven. My daughter's want to say a big thank you for such a lovely treat!!

What a treat, there was so much mixture that I made a three layer giant, I changed the filling to a cream cheese and vanilla buttercream drizzled with caramel. My daughter says that it is now her favourite cake.

I made this cake last year for a Children in Need fundraiser and I’m having requests for it again this year – it was delicious! I’d like to turn it into cupcakes though – any idea how many the above quantities would yield? And was considering putting the buttercream icing on top and sprinkling with diam bars. Do you think that would work? Can I mix the caramel sauce into the buttercream?
Thanks

Just wondering how deep this turns out? I’m looking for a caramel cake recipe for celebration cakes (so will cover in sugarpaste) but like about 3.5-4 inches when finished. Wondering if I need to up the quantities at all? Thanks

Thanks Ruth, just noticed your reply. Haven’t made it yet, but I’m soon to do my daughter’s birthday cake which is a good time to try out things. However, I’m also trying a topsy turvy as I’ve got one ordered a month or so later! Will this cake hold up to being Topsied?! Thanks